Originally streamed on YouTube Live on May 13, 2022. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Interviewer Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and the creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at https://scottwiser.com/collaborate  From his website, https://edhooks.com/ Ed Hooks, author of Acting for Animators, created acting...

Originally recorded on YouTube Live on April 8, 2022. Audio Edited by Kiara Horowitz. Croods, How To Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda - Stephen Candell has built so many amazing rigs for them, and now... he has one of the best independent character creation studios out there!    Interviewer Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and the creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding Scott Wiser's projects...

Originally recorded on YouTube Live on March 4, 2022. Audio edited Kiara Horowitz. How did Adam start an animation company that grew 10x the size in one year?    Interviewer Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and the creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at scottwiser.com/collaborate   Adam Sidwell has gone from...

Originally streamed on YouTube Live Feb 4, 2022. Audio edited by Kiara. How has this independent director made 3 deeply meaningful hits?    Interviewer Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at scottwiser.com/collaborate   Tomm Moore co-founded Cartoon Saloon, an animation studio...

Originally streamed on YouTube Live Jan 6, 2022. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Character Designer goes beyond your average tutorial by designing 5 characters side by side.    Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at scottwiser.com/collaborate   Shawn Boyles is a character...

Originally streamed on YouTube on Dec 3, 2021. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Shonduras shares the story of Spacestation Animation   Scott Wiser is a Director at Spacestation Animation and creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at scottwiser.com/collaborate   Shonduras first grew his audience on Snapchat doing entertaining photos and...

Originally streamed on YouTube Live Nov 12, 2021. Audio Edited by Kiara Horowitz. Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director at Spacestation Animation and creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at scottwiser.com/collaborate   Jasmine, co-founder of the Academy of Animated Art for training CG Lighters, didn't let the closing of Blue-Sky...

Originally recorded on YouTube Live Oct 2, 2021. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Interview by Scott Wiser:  A Director at Spacestation Animation and creator of 10 deeply meaningful feature film pitches. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at scottwiser.com/collaborate   Matthew is a Pixar veteran, having worked 20 years as a story artist on so many beloved films. He is currently...

Originally Streamed live on YouTube on Sep 10, 2021. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Interview by Scott Wiser: Director at Spacestation Animation Creator of 10 original feature-film pitches at: https://youtu.be/Q7fhfy5awTs  Get updates from Scott Wiser by:  1. Subscribing to this channel and/or 2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow   Nate's dream of building an animation studio is coming true as he and I just joined as partners over Spacestation and got the team on...

Kevin Lima (Enchanted, A Goofy Movie, Tarzan) interviews Scott Wiser about his 7 new animated feature film pitches and the 3 that came before that.   Are you a producer or executive looking to collaborate with a visionary director on an Animated Film?  Go to https://www.scottwiser.com/collaborate and apply to see the In-depth pitches and exclusive content.  Contents:   0:00:00 Intro  0:04:59 #10. Chess Life  0:08:57 #09. Cecile & The Animal Spirits  0:14:55 #08. Nothing  0:19:23...

Originally recorded on YouTube Live on June 4, 2021. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for Indies, Fox, DreamWorks, etc.  Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books, short films, etc.)   Get updates from Scott Wiser by:  1. Subscribing to this channel and/or 2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow  Daniel Harmon began his journey into animation as an internet marketer, but not...

Originally recorded on YouTube Live on May 7, 2021. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for Indies, Fox , DreamWorks, etc.   Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books, short films, etc.)   Get updates from Scott Wiser by:  1. Subscribing to this channel and/or 2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow   Stephen Weese is a voice-over producer and director with a demonstrated...

Originally recorded on YouTube Live on April 2, 2021. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books and short films).   Brian McDonald is my personal favorite story guru and has become a good friend over the years. He has consulted at Pixar, Disney, Dreamworks, etc, has written winning screenplays which have been made into both films and...

Originally recorded on YouTube Live March 5, 2021. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Interview by Scott Wiser:  A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books and short films).   Though Tom Bancroft is best know for his animation on Mulan and his character design of Mushu, his influence extends way beyond that. He is rethinking the animation industry with his new studio, pencilish.com, co-hosts...

Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books and short films).   You may know Jeff Bell for his CG and VFX work on ‘Everyone’s Hero,’ ‘Hoodwinked 2’ or ‘Ozzy.’ But he’s also a software developer; he was part of the team that brought Maya to market in the 90s. These worlds collided when his company Tangent Animation was producing Next Gen, the first Netflix feature done...

Originally recorded on YouTube Live on Jan 8, 2021. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books and short films).  Pablo has worked for years as both a 2d and CG animator and is currently co-directing the animation on the upcoming Spongebob Kamp Koral series. He is also creating his own zany series, Prepper Farms, which has been put on...

Originally recorded on YouTube Live on Dec 4, 2020. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books and short films).   Arnie Lebovit is not only the foremost expert of animation visionary George Pal, he also knew 4 of animation's "nine old men", Disney, and several other visionaries in the animation industry. Arnie directed the creation...

Originally recorded on Nov 13, 2020 on YouTube Live. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books and short films).   Get updates from Scott Wiser by:  1. Subscribing to this channel and/or 2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow   Aaron is an independent film composer who is breaking the mold of "LA-based-only"...

Originally recorded on YouTube Live October 2, 2020. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books and short films).   Get updates from Scott Wiser by:  1. Subscribing to this channel and/or 2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow   Ryan Leach was the composer for my short film, Layers. He's now an award-winning...

Originally recorded on September 4, 2020 on YouTube Live. Audio version edited by Kiara Horowitz. Interview by Scott Wiser:  A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books and short films).   Get updates from Scott Wiser by:  1. Subscribing to this channel and/or  2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow  Denver Jackson is known for his work on The Wishing Jar (2016),...

Originally recorded on August 7, 2020 on YouTube Live. Audio edited by Kiara Horowitz. Interview by Scott Wiser:  A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies.  Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books)   Get updates from Scott Wiser by:  1. Subscribing to this channel and/or  2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow   Bill Joyce is an entertainment master. He began as a successful, widely publishing...

Originally recorded on YouTube Live on July 3, 2020. Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books and short films).   Get updates from Scott Wiser by:   1. Subscribing to this channel and/or  2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow   Jalil has worked many years in the animation industry at Dreamworks, Weta, Rhythm & Hues, etc. He created...

Originally recorded live on YouTube June 5, 2020. Interview by Scott Wiser:  A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books)   Get updates from Scott Wiser by:  1. Subscribing to this channel and/or  2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow   Michael Flaherty has two decades of experience as a film company President, CEO, Executive Producer of Several Major Motion...

Originally recorded on YouTube Live May 8, 2020. Interview by Scott Wiser:  A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies.  Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books and short films).   Get updates from Scott Wiser by:   1. Subscribing to this channel and/or  2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow   David Wilson serves as the Lead Animator for many Magic Leap Studios’ projects. He has enjoyed working across...

Originally recorded on YouTube Live April 3, 2020. Interview by Scott Wiser: A Director, Animator on projects for DreamWorks, Fox, and Indies. Creator of original feature-film pitches (in the form of self-published books)   Get updates from Scott Wiser by:   1. Subscribing to this channel and/or 2. Signing up for the newsletter and www.scottwiser.com/follow   Brenda Chapman was a Disney story artist on films such as Beauty & The Beast and The Lion King. She then Co-Directed Prince of...